gud

What is gud?

The 'gud' npm package is a simple utility for generating unique IDs. It is often used in scenarios where unique identifiers are needed, such as in React applications for keys or in any other JavaScript application where unique IDs are required.

What are gud's main functionalities?

Generate Unique IDs

This feature allows you to generate a unique ID. The 'gud' function, when called, returns a unique identifier that can be used in various parts of your application.

const gud = require('gud');
const uniqueId = gud();
console.log(uniqueId);

Other packages similar to gud

uuid

The 'uuid' package is a popular library for generating UUIDs (Universally Unique Identifiers). It offers more options and configurations compared to 'gud', such as generating different versions of UUIDs (v1, v3, v4, v5). It is more robust and widely used in the industry.

nanoid

The 'nanoid' package is a tiny, secure, URL-friendly, unique string ID generator for JavaScript. It is smaller in size compared to 'uuid' and 'gud', and it is designed to be fast and secure. It is a good alternative if you need a lightweight solution.

shortid

The 'shortid' package is used to generate short, non-sequential, URL-friendly unique IDs. It is useful when you need shorter IDs compared to UUIDs. However, it is worth noting that 'shortid' is no longer actively maintained, and 'nanoid' is recommended as a replacement.

README

gud

Create a 'gud nuff' (not cryptographically secure) globally unique id

Install

yarn add gud

Usage

const gud = require('gud');

console.log(gud()); // 1
console.log(gud()); // 2

This is ever so slightly better than using something like _.uniqueId because it will work across multiple copies of the same module.

Do not use this in place of actual UUIDs, security folks will hate me.

This will not be unique across processes/workers.